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Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1024. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date the current Garda Commissioner's term ends officially. [29724/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1025. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the dates and attendees of all his physical or virtual meetings with the Bar Council since he took office. [29740/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1026. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if all applicants applying for asylum or protection in Ireland are required to provide a birth certificate and photo identification. [29748/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1027. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of recommendations 5 and 6 of the breaking down barriers implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29749/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1028. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is accepting affidavits as identification for naturalisation. [29758/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1029. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to support an application by a football club (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29918/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1030. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite Irish visitor visas in respect of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1031. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied) to discuss how best to assist them in their search for truth and justice. [29956/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1032. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1517 of 29 April 2025, the reason he did not make available the draft report of the Review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017 in his reply, nor indicate where it could be accessed, nor deal with the reason it was not published; if he will outline the difference in the conclusions in …
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1033. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the citizenship application made by a resident of County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30035/25]
Paul Lawless Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1034. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a citizen ceremony. [30191/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1035. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the motion passed by Donegal County Council in December 2024 calling for an independent statutory judicial public inquiry into the Creeslough explosion that led to the deaths of ten people on 7 October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30203/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1036. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any constitutional principles or provisions that shape or influence how prisons operate in the State. [30216/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1037. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the constitutional rights that apply to individuals in prison or detention under Irish law; and how these rights are balanced with the State's penal policies. [30217/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1038. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how the constitutional provisions under Article 40.4, relating to personal liberty, are interpreted in the context of the management and oversight of Irish prisons. [30218/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1039. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has plans to introduce constitutional or legislative reforms that would more explicitly define the role, function, or limitations of the prison system in line with human rights obligations. [30219/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1040. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an overview of his Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1041. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the next three dates on which new Garda recruits will graduate from Garda Training College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30297/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1042. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked roads policing vehicles attached to Clare-Tipperary division as of 3 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30298/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1043. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if qualified civilian musicians can apply to join the Garda band or all positions within band reserved for sworn Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/25]
Pat Buckley Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1044. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the transfer of policy responsibility for the regulation of Owners' Management Companies (OMCs) from the Department of Justice to his Department, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will confirm that this transfer will be completed before the Oireachtas summer recess. [30309/25]
Joe Neville Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1045. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will appoint additional district court judges in north Kildare as currently there are people within the Family Court system that are on long waitlists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1046. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of competitions held in 2024 and to-date in 2025 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join community policing units within Dublin region; and the Garda districts within DMR that received additional Gardai as a result of those competitions, in tabular form. [30401/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1047. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 30 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ be answered. [30403/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1048. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at the Irish visa offices based in Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and Beijing as of 4 June 2025. [30404/25]